10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COON'S AGE»
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
COON'S AGE not in a coon's age. Not for a very long time. ("I haven't seen you in
a coon's age.") WNNCD: 1844. Source: RACCOON. WNNCD: 1608. The raccoon
(or coon: 1742) is a masked, ring-tailed mammal of North America. It was once ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
37, 1971 coon's age noun a long time us. iS43 • Hell, I haven't been in a brawl in
a coon's age — oarryi pomcsan. The Lost Detail, p. 77, 1970 • "If it ain't Bertha
Grimmitt - you ain't been in here in a coon's age," Cleve Goins Shouted— Pat ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Dictionary of Americanisms, 2nd ed. enlarged
Coon's age. A long time ; as, " I have not been there in a coon's age." The
backwoodsman jumps from his horse, and, slapping the grave-looking
gentleman on the back, says : " Hallo, old hoss, whar have you been this coon's
age? " and they ...
John Russell Bartlett, 1859
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BARTLETT'S DICTIONARY OF AMERICANISMS
Coon's age. A long time ; as, " I have not been there in a coon's age." The
backwoodsman jumps from his horse, and, slapping the grave-looking
gentleman on the back, says : "Hallo, old hoss, whar have you been this coon's
age?" and they ...
JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT, 1859
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Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases ...
... free from the curse of whiggery. — Boston Post. Coon's age. A long time ; as, " I
have not been there in a coon's age." The backwoodsman jumps from his horse,
and, slapping the grave-looking gentleman on the back, says : " Hallo, old hoss ...
John Russell Bartlett, 1860
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Yellow Bricks: Short Fictions
But they done caught his black ass now, by Godfrey, and they're gonna squeeze
it drier'n a orange in a juicer. Jeezus! And all that media feedin' frenzy! Ain't seen
nothin' quite the like of it in a coon's age — if you catch the drift o' my blackdraft!
Louis Daniel Brodsky, 1999
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1887. Cool, calm, and collected 1988 "
And he sure as hell wasn't cool, calm and collected." (p. 198) Mayor, Archer.
Open Season. 1988. New York: Mysterious Press, 1994. In a coon's age (APP 79;
MP ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and ...
31, 1982 coon's age noun a long time US, 1843 • Hell, I haven't been in a brawl
in a coon's age. — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 77, 1970 • “If it ain't Bertha
Grimmitt—you ain't been in here in a coon's age,” Cleve Goins shouted.
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Take a Good Look Around
About the only cast I did not catch a fish on was the first cast...mostly smallmouth
bass, along with a few perch, some bigger than my hand. Most of the smallies
were about 10. 46 - TAKE A GOOD LOOK AROUND Chapter 6: Not in a Coon's
Age.
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
This term originally meant to cool one's feet when they become hot from walking,
and began to be used ironically for being forced to rest (or wait) in the early
1600s. cool out 0 See COOL OFF, def. 2 and 3. coon's age Also, a dog's age. A
very ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COON'S AGE»
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Let's Chat ... Make a change: Get out and vote on June 2
You may meet friends you haven't seen in a coon's age. After the election, please attend the council meetings on the first Tuesday night of each ... «SCNow, May 15»
A dispute between inoperative and absent systems
Turkey has been suffering from a busy political and social agenda filled with protests, polarizations and police investigations for a coon's age. «Hurriyet Daily News, Apr 15»
Frozen raccoons? Asian grocer in LA selling furry frozen raccoons in …
What aisle might one find the frozen raccoon and croc feet? Not in a coon's age have we been able to bring you a chow story this bizarre. «Examiner.com, Feb 15»
Remembering Dogpatch in its heyday
For the first time in a coon's age, the theme park family of Earthquake McGoon, Daisy Mae, Nightmare Alice, and Mammy Yokum reunited at the ... «Harrison Daily, Oct 14»
Tyler Wright Wins 2014 Roxy Pro France
But we still have a coon's age left in the waiting period and only 1.5 more days required to complete the contest. Your call, Kieren Perrow. I'll be ... «Surfing Magazine, Sep 14»
Lyle Lovett brings jug band hoedown to Edmonton audience at the …
... Merle Haggard (or is that the other way around), and he hasn't had a hit on the radio in a coon's age. Certainly few of his fans care about that. «Edmonton Sun, Sep 14»
Huckaby: Sho' 'nuff good to hear old Southernisms
I still have no idea what a coon's age is or when it was, exactly, that the woods did, in fact, burn, but I came to understand that it was a very long ... «Online Athens, Sep 14»
Last Native American survivor of Bataan Death March dies
... a spokesman for the tribe. Marshall said he did not know the cause of death but noted Coon's age and a recent kidney infection. photo-store. «Press Herald, Jun 14»
'Fourth of July Creek' review: Portland writer Smith Henderson …
"Fourth of July Creek" took Henderson nearly a decade to write -- a coon's age in the annals of birthing a novel. But during that time, Henderson ... «The Oregonian, May 14»
What will 2015′s broken promises be?
There was a guy called Genscher who was in Government for a coon's age leading a party with far less support than the Lib Dems. It means ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jan 14»
